Books on the Vietnam Conflict

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We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
1.  We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Lt General Harold G Moore
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  "The first time I'd ever had a glimpse of the hell of battle. Sobering"
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Baptism: a Vietnam Memoir
2.  Baptism: a Vietnam Memoir by Larry Gwin
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  "Painful but special - also about Ia Drang."
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Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat
3.  Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat by James R. McDonough
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  "Unforgettable characters and the first time I'd read about such a situation."
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Chickenhawk
4.  Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
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  "This list would be incomplete without this account - a classic."
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Vietnam: The Definitive Oral History, Told from All Sides
5.  Vietnam: The Definitive Oral History, Told from All Sides by Christian G. Appy
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  "This contains, among others, accounts by Oliver Stone and other authors."
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Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War - A Soldier's Memoir
6.  Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War - A Soldier's Memoir by Al Sever
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  "A detailed honest account."
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Warriors: An Infantryman's Memoir of Vietnam
7.  Warriors: An Infantryman's Memoir of Vietnam by Robert Tonsetic
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  "Again, a detailed honest account."
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Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War
8.  Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War by Michael Maclear
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  "The book that started my obsession with this conflict."
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Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War
9.  Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Al Santoli
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  "A smaller scale oral history from the US soldiers' perspective."
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Ripcord: The Screaming Eagle Under Siege, Vietnam, 1970
10.  Ripcord: The Screaming Eagle Under Siege, Vietnam, 1970 by Keith William Nolan
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  "Complicated and will probably require a second read but worth it."
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Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
11.  Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam by Lynda Van Devanter
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  "The perspective of a nurse before, during and after."
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Vietnam: A History
12.  Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow
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  "Essential."
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Vintage)
13.  A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Vintage) by Neil Sheehan
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  "Another essential."
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Dispatches (Picador)
14.  Dispatches (Picador) by Michael Herr
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  "Well regarded although I found the author unsympathetic, considering what others were going through."
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A Rumor Of War
15.  A Rumor Of War by Philip Caputo
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  "Another essential."
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Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
16.  Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam by Bernard Edelman
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  "What it was like."
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Four Hours in My Lai: A War Crime and Its Aftermath
17.  Four Hours in My Lai: A War Crime and Its Aftermath by BILTON
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  "The most shocking thing is the photographer who did little to help but has profited since from his photographs."
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Tiger Force
18.  Tiger Force by Mitch Weiss
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  "Like My Lai, it makes you wonder if we know what we do when we send young men to war."
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The Rough Guide to Vietnam (Rough Guide Travel Guides)
19.  The Rough Guide to Vietnam (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Jan Dodd
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  "Finally, visit Vietnam and meet the wonderful people there."
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